Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread Ben Burton
> What is findjava going to be written in again? Perl? That would suck if > that's the case. Surely we can find a way to launch a Java language > runtime without using the Perl language runtime. On the other hand, Perl deals with things like quoting and other problems resulting from unanticipated

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2003-09-24 Thread Gerald Bauer
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Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >[...] some piece of sh black magic >that gets the quotes right and separates arguments - some of which >may contain spaces - at exactly the right places [1]). FWIW, the black magic is "$*" (including the quotes

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread Ben Burton
> FWIW, the black magic is "$*" (including the quotes). Do you mean "$@"? If so, this (and "$*") become somewhat more troublesome when you need to modify command-line arguments or insert your own. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Ean, * Ean Schuessler wrote: >For instance, I can now set JAVA_HOME on my machine to /usr/lib/kaffe >and run the standard startup scripts for Catalina, JBoss or OFBiz and >they will make a real attempt to run. Of course, there are still >shortfalls in the base class libraries but that is a

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> FWIW, the black magic is "$*" (including the quotes). > >Do you mean "$@"? If so, this (and "$*") become somewhat more >troublesome when you need to modify command-line arguments or insert >your own. Yes, I

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "T. Alexander Popiel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Inserting and/or modifying does get complex; shift and unshift >and modifying IFS quickly become instrumental. That should be '...shift and set and modifying...'. Today has not been a good day for a

Re: Documenting "Debian JAVA_HOME" [was: Re: findjava requirement]

2003-09-24 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Grzegorz, * Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: >Is anyone willing to create "Debian Java_Home" document draft? >Or maybe you don't like the idea? Before you do that, please read the discussion, which has taken place since my first proposal. The first one did try to mandate a 'java-environment' an

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread Ben Burton
> What is findjava going to be written in again? Perl? That would suck if > that's the case. Surely we can find a way to launch a Java language > runtime without using the Perl language runtime. On the other hand, Perl deals with things like quoting and other problems resulting from unanticipated

[ANN] Viva The Java Republic! Forum Now Live at The Javalobby

2003-09-24 Thread Gerald Bauer
Hi, Just to let you know that Rick Ross added a new forum titled "Viva! The Java Republic" to the Javalobby site where you can talk about the Free Java Now Campaign a.k.a "Operation Java Freedom" and work out the next steps to help secure the future of Java as an open royality-free standard.

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >[...] some piece of sh black magic >that gets the quotes right and separates arguments - some of which >may contain spaces - at exactly the right places [1]). FWIW, the black magic is "$*" (including the quotes

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread Ben Burton
> FWIW, the black magic is "$*" (including the quotes). Do you mean "$@"? If so, this (and "$*") become somewhat more troublesome when you need to modify command-line arguments or insert your own. Ben.

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Ean, * Ean Schuessler wrote: >For instance, I can now set JAVA_HOME on my machine to /usr/lib/kaffe >and run the standard startup scripts for Catalina, JBoss or OFBiz and >they will make a real attempt to run. Of course, there are still >shortfalls in the base class libraries but that is a

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> FWIW, the black magic is "$*" (including the quotes). > >Do you mean "$@"? If so, this (and "$*") become somewhat more >troublesome when you need to modify command-line arguments or insert >your own. Yes, I

Re: findjava requirement

2003-09-24 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "T. Alexander Popiel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Inserting and/or modifying does get complex; shift and unshift >and modifying IFS quickly become instrumental. That should be '...shift and set and modifying...'. Today has not been a good day for a

Re: Documenting "Debian JAVA_HOME" [was: Re: findjava requirement]

2003-09-24 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Grzegorz, * Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote: >Is anyone willing to create "Debian Java_Home" document draft? >Or maybe you don't like the idea? Before you do that, please read the discussion, which has taken place since my first proposal. The first one did try to mandate a 'java-environment' an